- Beard
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- Nov 07, 2020
Man Quotes
Short lines on character, patience and what it means to be a man.
This is a smaller, general collection of quotes touching on manhood, character and patience. One well-known line uses golf as an example, a test of temperament disguised as a leisure game, to make a wider point about what reveals a man's spirit. For steadier, values-driven lines, see our Good quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest man to do.
- Die
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- Nov 07, 2020
Man has but three events in his life: to be born, to live, and to die. He is not conscious of his birth, he suffers at his death and he forgets to live.
- King
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- Nov 07, 2020
A pious man is one who would be an atheist if the king were.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
A slave has but one master; an ambitious man has as many masters as there are people who may be useful in bettering his position.
- Give
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- Nov 07, 2020
No man is so perfect, so necessary to his friends, as to give them no cause to miss him less.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortunes.
- Nov 07, 2020
A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.
- Fire
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was a very intense and stressful situation. There was playing in the Johnny-pump (an opened fire hydrant) and the ice-cream man coming around and all of these games that we'd play, and suddenly it would turn just violent and there would be shootings at 12 in the afternoon on any given day.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
Honestly, there always has to be a jar of Marmite in the cupboard. And a bag of Fruit Gums. That's living with a British man for me.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020